Katie Porter threatens to walk out of TV interview

 Politico 

 K-K-K-Katy"Porter’s comments on Republican voters also gave her GOP opponents a chance to tee off." . . .

"SACRAMENTO, California — Katie Porter threatened to walk out of an interview with a local CBS News station after the reporter asked several follow-up questions about whether her support for Democrats’ congressional redistricting measure would alienate Republican voters.

"The on-camera sitdown with Porter, a frontrunner in the gubernatorial race, grew confrontational after the reporter, Julie Watts, asked: “What do you say to the 40 percent of California voters — who you’ll need in order to win — who voted for Trump?”

"Porter scoffed at the premise. “How would I need them in order to win, ma’am?” she said, turning to someone apparently off camera and laughing.

Later in the three-minute exchange released Monday, the former House member landed on an answer that sounded more like a candidate’s than a strategist’s, arguing her history winning in purple Orange County positioned her to persuade conservative voters. She also explained the obvious, that she would not need to pick up Republican votes in a run-off election against a GOP opponent in blue California.

But what if a second Democrat emerged from the top-two primary? Watts asked.

“I don’t intend for that to be the case,” Porter said.

After more follow-up questions, Porter grew visibly frustrated. She said the interview was getting “unnecessarily argumentative,” before appearing to reach for her mic: “I don’t want to keep doing this. … Not like this, I’m not. Not with seven follow ups to every single question you ask.” . .  .More...

Former Rep. Katie Porter and candidate for California governor faces backlash after saying she might walk out of CBS interview  

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond called on CBS and Watts to host a debate saying, “If you’re running for gov., then you should be available to answer tough questions from reporters.” In a separate post, he added: “No candidate for governor should hide from the press or mistreat them — we owe it to the public to be transparent. If she can’t answer basic questions from a reporter, how can Californians expect her to stand up to President Trump?”

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Porter is apparently always like this. She famously physically abused her ex-husband, and among other things, dumped steaming hot mashed potatoes on his head. Her staff reportedly hate her, and with good reason. 

Katie Porter and the ‘bad boss’ problem

"The dominance of a single political party in any region is, shall we say, suboptimal. Monopolies tend to breed laziness, corruption, and leaders who feel entitled to unearned deference. 

"The safer a politician feels, the more likely they are to abuse their power, like Joe Biden, or to abuse others, like...Katie Porter. Porter has never been a pleasant person, nor a high achiever, except in the sense of building a resume. Coming from a class that equates credentials with achievement, her Phillips Academy to Yale to Harvard to Law Clerk to Academia to Congress path looks very impressive to them. And, perhaps at a time when we had an elite with a sense of public obligation, it might earn her a second glance. 

"But a second glance at Katie Porter reveals how far our "elite" have fallen--from noblesse oblige to elite sociopathy. 

"Porter is of the "Do you KNOW WHO I AM?!" school of modern elites. 

"As Gavin Newsom prepares to lose the next presidential election (please, God, make it so!), Porter is running to replace him and is currently in the lead. She is making this run after a failed attempt to beat Adam Schiff for the Dianne Feinstein memorial Senate Seat. 

"Can you imagine two more disgusting, entitled people to replace Feinstein?" . . . 

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